Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
China, Taiwan
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Pakistan
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2644
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
247
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2329
9
60
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
请 (Qǐng)
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Wu
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Yue
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1021
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
16.00 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
873.00 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
178.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
chinois
pachto
German Name
Chinesisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Han
Pashtun
Origin
1250 BC
1651
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
182
1
120
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Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zh
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zho
pus
ISO 639 2/B
chi
pus
ISO 639 3
zho
pus
ISO 639 6
zho
pus
Glottocode
sini1245
pash1269
Linguasphere
79-AAA
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional